Rabindra Puraskar
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Geraldine Hancock Forbes
ジェラルディン・ハンコック・フォーブス
Geraldine Hancock Forbes
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Edmonton, Canada
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Edmonton (birth) → Winnipeg (teaching) → Nova Scotia (teaching) → Oswego, New York (residence/employment)
Career
- Occupations
- Historian, Educator, Author
- Active Years
- 1963-
- Affiliations
- State University of New York at Oswego, Department of History, Appointed to the SPARROW advisory committee
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alberta | — | Department of Education | B.Ed. | — | Canada |
| University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | — | Department of History | MA, PhD (History) | — | United States |
University of Alberta
Department of Education
Degree:
B.Ed.
Country:
Canada
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Department of History
Degree:
MA, PhD (History)
Year of Graduation:
1972
Country:
United States
Earned MA and PhD in History (1972)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Rabindra Puraskar | Positivism in Bengal | — | Government of West Bengal | 受賞 |
Rabindra Puraskar
Work:
Positivism in Bengal
Organization:
Government of West Bengal
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Shudha Mazumdar: Memoirs of an Indian Woman
1989 History / MemoirAn edited and annotated memoir of Shudha Mazumdar, highlighting women's lives and political involvement in colonial India.
Women's memoirColonial IndiaFeminist history
Manmohini Zutshi Sahagal: An Indian Freedom Fighter recalls her life
1994 History / MemoirAn edited volume presenting the memoirs of Manmohini Zutshi Sahgal, documenting the Indian freedom movement and women's roles.
Freedom movementWomen's rolesDocumentary editing
Women in Modern India
1996 History / ScholarlyA scholarly collection examining the social and political transformations of women's roles in modern India.
Women's historyModernizationSocial history
Women in Colonial India: Essays on Politics, Medicine and Historiography
2005 Scholarly essaysA collection of essays providing comprehensive perspectives on women in colonial India from political, medical, and historiographical viewpoints.
Political historyHistory of medicineHistoriography
Because I am a Woman: Child Widow: A Memoir from Colonial India
2010 Memoir / HistoryAn edited memoir of a child widow in colonial India, examining gender and social structures through personal experience.
Child widowhoodGenderSocial structure
Bibliography
- Shudha Mazumdar: Memoirs of an Indian Woman (1989)
- Manmohini Zutshi Sahagal: An Indian Freedom Fighter recalls her life (1994)
- Women in Modern India (1996)
- Women in Colonial India: Essays on Politics, Medicine and Historiography (2005)
- Because I am a Woman: Child Widow: A Memoir from Colonial India (2010)
- Positivism in Bengal (award-winning work)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Scholarly, archival-based narrativeAnnotation-heavy editorial approach
- Recurring Motifs
- Women's historyColonial IndiaFeminism and social reform
Legacy
Geraldine Forbes is a pioneering scholar in the history of women in colonial India. Through archival scholarship and edited memoirs she has made significant contributions to the field and helped bring greater visibility to women's experiences in Indian history.
Academic Societies
- Appointed to the SPARROW advisory committee
Archives
- SPARROW (Sound and Picture Archives for Research on Women) related holdings
Trivia
- Canadian-born historian and Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita at the State University of New York at Oswego.
- Known for research and editorial work on women's history in colonial India.
- Her work 'Positivism in Bengal' is noted as a recipient of the Rabindra Puraskar.